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	papua
		Following the passage of the Papua Act of 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal Australian administration began in 1906.
		Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island...
		Politics of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of...
	www.wikisearch.net /papua

	Historical Flags (Papua New Guinea)
		The Australian External Territory of Papua, consisting of the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea.
		The Territory of Papua was the southern half of present day Papua New Guinea, and was first controlled by the British from 1884-1906, when it officially was transfered to Australian control.
		The Territory of New Guinea was the northern half of present day Papua New Guinea and was first controlled by the Germans from 1885-1914/15, when Australian military forces took control.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pg_his.html

	flag of Historical Flags (Papua New Guinea) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The Australian External Territory of Papua, consisting of the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea.
		The Territory of Papua was the southern half of present day Papua New Guinea, and was first controlled by the British from 1884-1906, when it officially was transfered to Australian control.
		The Territory of New Guinea was the northern half of present day Papua New Guinea and was first controlled by the Germans from 1885-1914/15, when Australian military forces took control.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/pg_his.html

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
		10 provinces and 3 territories; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New* Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*
		4 provinces, 1 territory, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh
		note: the city of Kuala Lumpur is located within the federal territory of Wilayah Persekutuan; the terms therefore are not interchangeable; there is a new federal territory named Putrajaya, but this change has not yet been approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2051.html

	Evidence Act 1975
		"Territory of Australia" means a Territory of Australia referred to in Section 122 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, other than a pre-Independence Territory in Papua New Guinea;
		(f) in relation to the British Military Administration or Occupation of the Colony or of the former Colony of German New Guinea, or of the Territory of New Guinea, the Rabaul Gazette or the Government Gazette of that administration or occupation; and
		and a printer purporting to be the printer authorized to print the statutes, ordinances, acts of State or other public Acts of the legislatures of Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, Australia, a State or Territory of Australia or a pre-Independence Territory in Papua New Guinea;
	www.paclii.org /pg/legis/consol_act/ea197580

	Papua
		Post-war, the Papua and New Guinea Act ( 1949) united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, which later became the fully independent Papua New Guinea.
		Shortly after the start of the Pacific War, the island of New Guinea was invaded by the Japanese.
		With the passage of the Papua Act of 1905, the area was officially renamed the Territory of Papua and Australian administration became formal in 1906.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/papua.html

	sources
		Under that act there was to be an administrative union known as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, but the administrative convenience did not expunge the separate status of Papua as a possession of the Crown and of New Guinea as a Trust Territory of the United Nations.
		The Canberra bureaucratic base of the civil administration of the Territories of Papua and New Guinea continued to operate throughout the war.
		The Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force, the largest of the women's services, remained within Australia during the war, but women in the RAAF nursing service were sent to New Guinea from November 1942.
	rspas.anu.edu.au /papers/sources.html

	Encyclopedia: British New Guinea
		The Territory of Papua was an Australian possession comprising the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, existing from roughly 1902 to 1949.
		Post-war, the Papua and New Guinea Act ( 1949) united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, which later became the fully independent Papua New Guinea.
		Shortly after the start of the Pacific War, the island of New Guinea was invaded by the Japanese.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-New-Guinea

	Papua
		Post-war, the Papua and New Guinea Act (1949) united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, which later became the fully independent Papua New Guinea.
		(The northern part of modern Papua New Guinea, then known as German New Guinea had been under German commercial control since 1884 and passed to direct rule by the German government in 1899.
		Shortly after the start of the Pacific War, the island of New Guinea was invaded by the Japanese.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/papua (268 words)

	New Caledonia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Since 1986 New Caledonia is on a United Nations list of non-self-governing territories, a list that also includes such places as the American Samoa, the British Falkland Islands, or the New Zealand territory of Tokelau, but which noticeably does not include places like Tibet or Irian Jaya.
		Censuses are extremely critical to the balance of power in the territory, and the organization of a new census has been regularly postponed since 1996.
		The representative of the French central state in New Caledonia is the High Commissioner of the Republic ( Haut-Commissaire de la République, locally known as "haussaire "), who is the head of civil services, and who seats in the government of the territory.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /new_caledonia.htm (268 words)

	Papua (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Papua (Australian territory) : A former Australian territory comprising the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, now the southern part of Papua New Guinea
		adj of or pertaining to New Guinea or to the region of Papua
		Papua (Indonesian province) : An Indonesian province comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Papua (268 words)

	PATHWAYS FOR THE MOROBE PROVINCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
		1914 Australian Military Occupation of former German New Guinea as a result of the outbreak of World War I. 1921-1925 Civil Administration restored in New Guinea as an Australian Mandated Territory for the League of Nations.
		However, events during the former territory of New Guinea shaped historical developments in Morobe.
		In; Parliamentary Report of the Committee appointed to investigate a new site for the administrative headquarters of the Territory of New Guinea.
	www.anu.edu.au /rspas/asal/morobe.htm (268 words)

	Browsing H
		Goroka, Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and UNESCO Science Co-operation Office for South East Asia: 339-343.
		The relationship between birthweight and subsequent death in the first year of life among the Huli in Tari, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
		Heywood, P.F. Iodine-deficiency disorders in Papua New Guinea.
	database.anu.edu.au /rspas/hug/pngagbib/h.html (268 words)

	Site Updates and News - Papua New Guineaa - BUAI books, articles, research information - digital libray collection
		A Chronology of Tramways and Railways in Papua New Guinea
		University of Papua New Guinea's Law School course listings-descriptions in their LLB, LLM and Diploma program.
		The 2002 Pre-elections and the Governments' Postion in the Democratic Country of Papua New Guinea
	www.pngbuai.com /sitenews (268 words)

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		As a geographic entity the island of New Guinea in 1942 was made up of three political units: Dutch or Netherlands New Guinea in the west, the Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea in the north-east, and the Australian Territory of Papua in the south-east.
		Under that act there was to be an administrative union known as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, but the administrative convenience did not expunge the separate status of Papua as a possession of the Crown and of New Guinea as a Trust Territory of the United Nations.
		In northern Australia and in the New Guinea islands they were sometimes the only people who could operate a coastwatcher radio on what were otherwise long stretches of exposed coastline, but to accept a radio and a code book and agree to report shipping and aircraft was to make a commitment to the military.
	rspas.anu.edu.au /papers/sources.html (19371 words)

	German New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It became the Territory of New Guinea, a League of Nations Mandate Territory under Australian administration until 1949 when it was merged with the Australian territory of Papua to eventually become the northern part of modern Papua New Guinea.
		The main part of German New Guinea was formed by Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, the northeastern part of New Guinea, at present part of Papua New Guinea.
		Although the western half of New Guinea had been administered by the Netherlands for some time, the eastern half had not yet been annexed by any European power until the 1880s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_New_Guinea (19371 words)

	An Introduction to Papua New Guinea
		Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the rugged tropical island of New Guinea(which it shares with the Indonesian territory of Irian Jaya) as well as numerous smaller islands and atolls in the Pacific.
		Because New Guinea's terrain is marked by imposing mountains and extremely rugged territory, different population groups developed in virtual isolation.
		he first inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, probably migrants from the Indonesian archipelago, arrived about 50,000 years ago.
	www.interknowledge.com /papua-newguinea (595 words)

	Sandafayre Stamp Auctions Stamp Atlas British New Guinea
		In January 1942 the Japanese invaded the north-west and landed in the mandated territory of New Guinea.
		Although this move was not ratified by the British government, when Germany proclaimed a protectorate over the northern coast and several other island groups in November 1884, the annexed area in the south was made the protectorate of British New Guinea by proclamation in 1888.
		New Guinea lies to the north of Australia.
	www.sandafayre.co.uk /atlas/bnewg.htm (595 words)

	Papua New Guinea Provinces
		On 1906-09-01, British New Guinea was renamed the Territory of Papua.
		In 1900, the island of New Guinea was divided into a Dutch colony in the west, a German colony in the northeast, and a British protectorate in the southeast.
		As of 1900, the island of New Guinea was divided into a Dutch colony in the west, a German colony in the northeast, and a British protectorate in the southeast.
	www.statoids.com /upg.html (595 words)

	PATHWAYS FOR THE MOROBE PROVINCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
		1914 Australian Military Occupation of former German New Guinea as a result of the outbreak of World War I. 1921-1925 Civil Administration restored in New Guinea as an Australian Mandated Territory for the League of Nations.
		However, events during the former territory of New Guinea shaped historical developments in Morobe.
		Gunther, Carl E.M. Outbreak of bornholm disease in New Guinea.
	www.anu.edu.au /rspas/asal/morobe.htm (595 words)

	An Introduction to Papua New Guinea
		Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the rugged tropical island of New Guinea(which it shares with the Indonesian territory of Irian Jaya) as well as numerous smaller islands and atolls in the Pacific.
		Because New Guinea's terrain is marked by imposing mountains and extremely rugged territory, different population groups developed in virtual isolation.
		Papua New Guinea's climate is tropical, as one would expect in a country located just south of the Equator.
	www.geographia.com /papua-newguinea (595 words)

	Pacific Affairs: Party politics in Papua New Guinea: A deviant case?
		PNG was formed by the merger at independence in 1975 of the Territory of Papua, which had been under Australian rule from 1906, with the Trust Territory of New Guinea, which had been a German colonial territory from 1884 to 1914, and had thenceforth been administered by Australia.
		Papua New Guinea has a unicameral national parliament composed of 109 members elected from 89 "open" electorates of approximately equal population size, and 20 "regional" electorates based on the boundaries of the 19 provinces and the National Capital District.
		Political parties tend to coalesce around personalities rather than issues or ideologies, although they do play a limited role in mobilizing and campaigning at election time and in the formation of governments following elections.
	newssearch.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_qa3680/is_199907/ai_n8855819 (673 words)

	richardbarnet.com -- guinea
		Papua New Guinea has been independent since 1975, as has combined the two territories of Papua and New Guinea, this region formerly being a United Nations trust territory administered by Australia.
		Guinea, itself, was formerly a territory of French West Africa, and was known to the French as "La Guinée française".
		The region of North-East New Guinea is the historic name for the northeastern part of mainland Papua New Guinea, and was formerly known as Kaiser Wilhelmsland.
	www.richardbarnet.com /guinea.shtml (327 words)

	Ethnologue: Bibliography of Ethnologue Data Sources
		The linguistic situation in the Highlands Districts of Papua and New Guinea.
		McElhanon, Kenneth A. A classification of the languages of the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea with the linguistic situation of individual villages.
		Bibliography of the Summer Institute of Linguistics Papua New Guinea Branch 1956 to 1975.
	www.ethnologue.com /ethno_docs/bibliography.asp (327 words)

	Pacific Book House
		REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE ADMINISRATION OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA From 1st July, 1948, to 30th June, 1949.
		REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE ADMINISRATION OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA From 1st July, 1947, to 30th June, 1948.
		REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE ADMINISRATION OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA From 1st July, 1956, to 30th June, 1957.
	www.booksandcollectibles.com.au /esearch.php3?restrict2=94&type=CAT&search_string=cat38 (1004 words)

	Archival heritage
		At the request of the Dutch province of Franciscan mendicant friars I visited (as historian and archivist) the mission territory of the Franciscans in November-December 1992 in Irian Jaya, former Dutch New Guinea.
		Protestant missions and Roman Catholic MSC, Augustinians and Crutched Friars were also active in Dutch New Guinea, but the Franciscans played the major role in terms of dimensions of territory and practical influence.
		Because the diocese of New Guinea grew out of the Franciscan mission or 'Franciscan Custody' these archives form one archive from 1946 until approximately 1973.
	www.ru.nl /cps/15/nb15e.html (881 words)

	sources
		As a geographic entity the island of New Guinea in 1942 was made up of three political units: Dutch or Netherlands New Guinea in the west, the Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea in the north-east, and the Australian Territory of Papua in the south-east.
		The south-east of New Guinea, previously British New Guinea, was formally transferred to the Australian Commonwealth in 1906 when it became the Territory of Papua.
		Lawrence, Road belong cargo: a study of the cargo movement in the southern Madang District New Guinea, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1964, is a basic examination of cult movements, and particularly of that led by Yali who was influenced by his dramatic war experiences.
	rspas.anu.edu.au /papers/sources.html (881 words)

	An Introduction to Papua New Guinea
		P apua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the rugged tropical island of New Guinea(which it shares with the Indonesian territory of Irian Jaya) as well as numerous smaller islands and atolls in the Pacific.
		The central part of the island rises into a wide ridge of mountains known as the Highlands, a territory that is so densely forested and topographically forbidding that the island's local peoples remained isolated from each other for millennia.
		Papua New Guinea's climate is tropical, as one would expect in a country located just south of the Equator.
	www.geographia.com /papua-newguinea (881 words)

	NGA: GNS; FIPS PUB 10-4
		Then, each name of a territory listed would be followed by an asterisk, while each name of a province would be left unmarked.
		In the case of province and territory, these designatory terms would be presented below the country code as:
		Some countries have more than one class of administrative division, for example, province and territory.
	earth-info.nima.mil /gns/html/fips10-4.html (881 words)

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